Startig 5 Pitchers?

Question

You are told that you can have any pitching rotation you want. BUT you can only have one well know Ace and 4 other so-so but not great pitchers. Who do you choose and why?

Answer 1

1- Roy Halladay
2- Danny Haren
3- Bruce Chen
4- Zach Day
5- Josh Towers

Roy Halladay is the best pitcher and would kill Santana If he could get the run support Santana has and everyone else will hold your rotation together but they are just not tat great.

Answer 2

1: Christy Mathewson, he finished his career with 373 wins, 2502 K's, and a 2.13 Era. Connie Mack said he was the greatest pitcher he'd ever seen, so did John McGraw. His stats are phenomenal when you see he played for only 17 years with 1914 being his last good season, he died of tuberculosis in 1925. His career averages are (full seasons of course) 21 wins, 10 losses, 143 strikeouts, and a 2.13 ERA. His averages before 1915 were 26 wins, 12 losses, 172 K's and a 2.05 ERA.

2: Jack Morris, besides the incredible performance in the 1991 World Series, Jack Morris had 254 career wins, 186 losses, 2478 K's, and a 3.90 ERA.

3: Dwight Gooden, Doc had a chance of becoming the greatest pitcher statistically, but he collapsed under the pressure of being a star at such a young age.

4: Tim Keefe, many of his records have been taken away due to the time period he played in, but I can guarantee you if he played today, he'd still be great.

5: Bret Saberhagen, he has two Cy's and he may not be a Hall of Famer, but he was a good solid player, who might have put up better numbers had he been on different teams, every year the Royals were good, Bret was good, when the Royals were bad, Bret was bad.

Answer 3

Ace Johan Santana

The rest is hard to define because of what is so so. A number 2 on Boston is an ace in KC. The ace on Pittsburg is a #5 on the Yankees or mop up man.

Jeff Suppan Takes the ball and is Mr. Average
Scott Kazmr. He will soon be an Ace, but is still So SO
Kevin Millwood. Not an ace, but can pitch
John Garland. He can just win baby.

Answer 4

I am looking at this as a short-term deal, so I am looking only at dominance and not career durability. And since we are looking for a realistic rotation, I think I'll take the 1965-1966 Los Angeles Dodgers' rotation. This is not a dream rotation, but it sure looks like one.

1. Sandy Koufax The most dominant pitcher ever. Arthritis ended his career, but he won 26 & 27 games his last two seasons with over 300 strikeouts both years and closed his career with 5 consecutive ERA titles.

2. Don Drysdale was his number 2, so he goes here as well.
He won 36 games over those two years, with an ERA of 3.07

3. Claude Osteen was the number 3 both years, winning 32 games with a sub 3.00 ERA both years.

4. Don Sutton is the number 4. How often do you have a future Hall of Fame, 300 game winner in your #4 slot in your rotation?
He was a rookie in 1966, winning 12 games, 209 K's 2.99 ERA.

5. You did ask for 5 starters, and this team had a pretty good spot-starter in that slot. Johnny Podres won 9 games in 22 starts over those 2 years with an ERA in the mid 3.00's. He was not needed much with the four horses in front of him.

Answer 5

Johan Santana - How can you not put him. Absolute ACE. Strike-outs batters, low era, and rakes in the wins.
Chien-Ming Wang - Great young pitcher, great era.
Dontrelle Willis - LEFTY!!! awesome
Mike Mussina - I don't know if he is considered an ace or not. He has had a fantastic career. Last spot ...
Ervin Santana - I don't know why but he's always been a favourite of mine. Puts up great numbers and is just a great pitcher.

Answer 6

Currently,
Johan Santana- obvious
Aaron Harang- lead league in K's, wins, and Shutouts
John Lackey- Good pitcher, post season proven
Chris Young- underrated, almost a k per inning.
Jason Jennings- He is out of COL and will shine this year!

Answer 7

My Ace- Johan Santana, he can lead the league in era, strike outs, innings, and winning.
Brad Penny- he had an era of 4.21 but he still wins games and strikes out people.
Dontrelle Willis- Lefty, strike outs, confident young man with an era in the upper 3's.
Tim Hudson- he had an off year last year with an era of 4.21 but he is capable of having an era of 3.50 and below, and he can still strike out batters, and win games.
Erving Santana- young with tenacity, era of 4.20 last year he has improved every year.

Answer 8

Johan Santana
Wang Chien-Ming
Hong Chih-Kuo